Natural hazards · Markleeville

Markleeville, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Markleeville comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Markleeville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Markleeville to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and inland flooding.

Avalanches38%Inland flooding29%Wildfire24%Earthquakes7%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Markleeville faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Avalanches

38% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Wildfire

24% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtTsunamis

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Markleeville flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Markleeville.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Markleeville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Alpine County.

Disasters that hit Markleeville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Alpine County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Markleeville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MarkleevilleDeclared for Alpine County only

Alpine County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Markleeville is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Markleeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Markleeville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.